Brac Bank Robbery
Two JMB men get seven years' RI
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two members of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for using explosives during a robbery in 2005 at the Brac Bank Limited under Kotalipara upazila in Gopalganj.
Judge Mohammad Rezaul Islam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 handed down the sentence in presence of the convicts Tariqul Islam and Masum Mia.
The tribunal ordered to send them to jail cancelling their bails, obtained earlier from another court.
They were also fined Tk 5,000, in default, will have to serve another six months in jail.
The tribunal acquitted five others as the charges brought against them were not proved.
Earlier in September, the case was shifted to the tribunal from Gopalganj Sessions Court for its quick disposal.
Earlier, the prosecution and the defence had completed their arguments and the tribunal recorded statements of 18 prosecution witnesses.
Talking to The Daily Star, Special Public Prosecutor SM Rafiqul Islam said all the accused are members of JMB. But defence lawyers termed it false and fabricated.
According to the prosecution, on January 17, 2005, a gang of robbers numbering 15 to 20 had looted cash, six motorbikes, bicycles, and other valuable goods from the Brac Bank office near Kotalipara Municipality.
A police team, led by sub-inspector (SI) Asad-Uz-Zaman, stopped the gang on the Kotalipara-Banshbaria road and recovered pistols, bayonets, hand-made bombs and sharp-edged metal weapons from their possession.
Following the incidents, three cases -- one for robbery, one for possessing explosives and the other for possessing firearms -- were filed with Kotalipara Police Station the following day.
The robbery case is pending with a Gopalganj Sessions Court while the arms case is with the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1, Dhaka.
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